[News] Facebook: beheadings good, breasts bad

strawman

strawman

After a lengthy internal review, Facebook has decided that users can post and share videos of beheadings. Users cannot, however, post images or videos containing a woman's fully exposed breast.

So when you post a video of a woman being murdered, make sure she's appropriately clothed, ok?
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Much as I hate to back Charlie, I gotta.

The act of murder, in which less than 1% of americans will ever take part? PG.
Hack up teenagers with an axe? PG-13.
One stray nipple? R
Unobstructed visual depiction of the physical act of love, in which 99% of americans WILL take part at some point in their life? NC-17.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I'm sure their stance will change if people start to post pictures which glorify/fetishize the act of beheading.

I can only imagine the hot and sexy commentary.

--Patrick
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

GasBandit said:
Much as I hate to back Charlie, I gotta.

The act of murder, in which less than 1% of americans will ever take part? PG.
Hack up teenagers with an axe? PG-13.
One stray nipple? R
Unobstructed visual depiction of the physical act of love, in which 99% of americans WILL take part at some point in their life? NC-17.
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Oh GOD, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?????

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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Every time I see that picture, I try to forensically analyze it.

And fail.



And to FURTHER upset the apple cart, I gotta go with Chuckles on this one
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

The first ten or so comments on that webpage lowered the collective IQ of humanity by the magnitude of 1 episode of Jersey Shore.
 
Dave

Dave

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There's a slippery slope argument that can be raised with both sex and violence when it comes to things like websites. Seems to me that beheadings are pretty far down the slope...not that I'm naive enough to think it's the bottom. I can see why they decided not to post nudity as Facebook is open to most any ages, but the allowance of beheadings is just criminally stupid in my opinion.
 
doomdragon6

doomdragon6

Staff member
My best guesss would be that something like violence or a beheading could be politcially relevant and spark conversation. Whereas nudity is mostly just there to look at and there's porn sites for that.
 
Dei

Dei

doomdragon6 said:
My best guesss would be that something like violence or a beheading could be politcially relevant and spark conversation. Whereas nudity is mostly just there to look at and there's porn sites for that.
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Nudity also included pics of breastfeeding in FB's view. If you think that is porn... Well...
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Dei said:
Nudity also included pics of breastfeeding in FB's view. If you think that is porn... Well...
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"Joey, it's really no big deal, it's the most natural, beautiful thing in the world."
"Yeah but there's a BABY sucking on it!"
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

doomdragon6 said:
My best guesss would be that something like violence or a beheading could be politcially relevant and spark conversation. Whereas nudity is mostly just there to look at and there's porn sites for that.
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The people of FEMEN would like a word.
And breast feeders.
And every damn baby picture ever (oh yes, pictures of 2 year olds count as "nudity" for FB)
And...

Well, no, I don't want to go on. I can understand not allowing porn, perhaps even (though that's a cultural thing) full frontal nudity. Breasts? Most of the people have'm, guys. Gunshot wounds, chopped off arms, headshotted babies, decapîtated dogs,...I've seen plenty of graphically violent crap I *really* wouldn't want a 5 year old to see on public pages of FB, and not get taken down.

Again, it's the famous American puritanism, along with considering violence normal and weapons something to worship. You know we all think your culture's a bit messed up, right? :p
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

Bubble181 said:
Again, it's the famous American puritanism, along with considering violence normal and weapons something to worship. You know we all think your culture's a bit messed up, right? :p
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Sounds to me like Belgium wants to be put on the short list to get "liberated."
 
strawman

strawman

Ravenpoe said:
Sounds to me like Belgium wants to be put on the short list to get "liberated."
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Pff. Are you kidding? They have less than ten thousand barrels per day of oil production capacity. They consume more than 622 thousand barrels a day.

Of course if they had held onto Congo maybe they'd have something. A large portion of the manhattan project, including the bombs dropped in Japan, used uranium ore mined from the then Belgian Congo.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Forget about oil!. What about cocoa butter slavery? Aren't they like the DeBeers of chocolate over there?

--Patrick
 
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